Electronics Supply Chain News & Analysis

New Display Tech Eliminates Headaches from 3D Viewing

Researchers have developed a new display with 3D visual effects that could relieve viewer discomfort associated with 3D viewing.

Modular Pin and Socket Connector Expands Options for Power System Designers

TE Connectivity’s FORGE drawer modular connectors provide a wide range of contact configurations for power system designers.

High-reliability Resistor Targets Harshness of Real-World Current Sensing

Extremely low ohm-value resistors offer superior thermal and package performance, suitable for the high-current loads of auto, industrial, and medical applications.

Microsemi Rolls 4-Port Power-Over-Ethernet Switch

The device works in outdoor deployments in education, transportation and government industries.

Electronic Components App Runs On Android Platforms

Components supplier KEMET Corporation has unveiled an electronic component app for Android devices that contains over 350 capacitor and electronic component product datasheets.

Single-Chip Buck-boost Charger Replaces Dual-Chip Solutions

Intersil’s single-chip ISL9237 Narrow VDC (NVDC) battery charger replaces two-chip buck and boost charger solutions, eliminating a charger IC and inductor to reduce customer bill of materials (BOM) costs by up to 40 percent.

SMIC and Leadcore Launch 28nm SoC for Smartphones

The chip will be targeted at the Chinese mobile handset market.

Researchers Figure Out How to Digitally Store Data for Billions of Years

Scientists at the University of Southampton are working on a form of digital data storage that can survive for billions of years.

Synopsys Physical Verification Tools Certified for Samsung’s 14nm Manufacturing Process

The certified runsets include design rule checking, layout-versus-schematic and metal fill technology.

Glitch-less RF Digital Step Attenuator Features 75 Ohms Impedance

UltraCMOS SOS platform uses 150 mm wafers.

Microsemi Rolls 4-Port Power-Over-Ethernet Switch

The device works in outdoor deployments in education, transportation and government industries.

Buck Regulators Cut Design Time, Board Space

Digital interface allows easy and fast configuration.

Linear Regulator Has Extended SOA

Linear Technology’s LT3089 linear regulator has an extended safe operating area, suiting it for high input/output voltage and high output current applications.

Stepper-motor control ICs integrate auto-tuning algorithms, motor-drive MOSFETs, current sensing

IC family simplifies stepper-motor drive and control, includes embedded advanced algorithm to ensure proper motor behavior under varying conditions.

Taiwanese Earthquake Has Minimal Impact on Foundries

TSMC and UMC say no dramatic impact on production of wafers

AVX Reduces ESR of Polymer Tantalum Capacitors

AVX has reduced the ESR of its F38 Series polymer capacitor tantalum capacitors to among the lowest in the industry.

LG Releases Pricing Information on New OLED TVs

A 65-inch model will initially be sold at a price of $8,000.

Integrated PMIC Replaces 100+ Discrete Components in Smart TVs

Foreseeing demand for high-definition digital TVs, set-top boxes and other media gadgets, European power semiconductor manufacturer Dialog Semiconductor has readied highly integrated power management ICs (PMICs) for smart TVs and STBs.

Tadiran Industrial Grade LiSOCL2 Batteries: High Energy Cells that Age Gracefully

With a standalone operating life of up to 40 years, high energy density and a wide operating temperature range, Tadiran’s bobbin-type lithium thionyl chloride (LiSOCL2) battery is a power source particularly well-suited to the requirements of the newest generation of industrial grade applications.